Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 548 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook (October 13, 2023)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 180461324X
• ISBN-13: 978-1804613245

eBook Description:

Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023: Build real-time strategy (RTS) games using Unity with practical techniques, best coding practices, and popular design patterns

Building a successful real-time strategy game is challenging, because of both the complex mechanics and the need to strike a balance between different elements, ensuring that players enjoy creating and executing strategies against the game’s AI.

Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023 will teach you how to install and set up the Unity game engine, create a new 3D project, and build a level editor to make it easier to modify and add maps to a game. The RTS game will start to take shape while you learn to implement different core systems such as melee and ranged battles, unit spawners, camera controls, dynamic mapping generation, basic enemy AI, and the pathfinder algorithm. You’ll also get to grips with implementing command units to perform actions, crafting and producing resources, basic physics and collision detection, and building an RTS game from scratch using C# and the latest features of the Unity game engine.

• Incorporate the most used design patterns, algorithms, and techniques into your game
• Employ the best coding practices used in the games industry
• Explore the basics of AI and physics to create high-quality games
• Build dynamic and configurable maps to enhance the player experience
• Solve complex problems using the industry standards for Unity and C#
• Create the mechanics present in classic RTS games using a modern approach
• Gain a deep understanding of how to create professional games using Unity

By the end of this Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023 book, you’ll be able to make professional and high-quality end-to-end RTS games using the best practices and techniques from the gaming industry.